> * Added a very simple (in fact I'm sure too simple) mm/om_panic.c that> will panic on any oom condition>> The patch works (although by looking over oom_kill.c, I'm sure oom_panic.c> will panic too soon), but it is really only a quick hack to see how people> feel about such an approach.

I like it, but who am I to say... No so long ago I made a patch for 2.4.20 (attached) which extended OOM Killer functionality in a following way: If a process of the same parent gets killed more than X times during Y seconds, parent gets killed.

Maybe this kind of module for your patch would be interesting for someone?